A LADY MAKES YOU DANCE DEAD

- - A LADY MAKES YOU DANCE DEAD

When I say a lady, you must be thinking why a lady, all ladies make you dance dead. That is why perhaps average age of women is more than that of men. I am not talking about all ladies, but only about the one.

She is a very cruel lady. If she keeps away, you feel miserable. If she starts running away you madly go on running after her. And you are never able to lap her up. Even if you do, every moment you are fearing that she is slipping away from you just as water slips from your hand.

Even if you are able to catch her and hold her tightly, she gives you a miss. You are continuously busy managing her, but it is only she who manages you. She is a real Bhasmasur for you. You are getting burnt to ashes and busy collecting your own ashes.

O.K. I reveal the name of the lady – LAKSHAMI, the money. The money chase that is making you dance like hell and chase never stops till you die dead.

You commit all sorts of crimes, manipulations, dishonesties, loot, frauds, etc. etc. to accumulate money knowing fully well that you will have to leave everything here only at completion of the journey.

I am not against money. But remember that money is only a tool to sub serve the desired purpose. It is not an end. It is only a means to an end or ends. Use money for your good and for the good of others around you or even those not close to you.

You are using your own money to spoil your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. I heard people saying, “since we have money we have to use it.” Using on fast food etc. and spoil health. Late night dinners harmful for health. Similarly liquor, rave parties and what not.

Emotional bondage is becoming increasingly loose, in fact, missing among moneyed people. Love, affection, compassion, accommodation, adjustment are the virtues found less with people who are financially rich. They are living in big houses. I don’t know whether you can call these homes.

Mentally, more the money, greater is the stress – investment, taxes, security of wealth, security of self – not only from outsiders but from insiders too. For this cruel lady, the son is killing father, brother killing brother, wife killing husband, what else. Crime as well as depression rate, both are increasing at a faster rate with material growth.

Henry Ford, Bill Gates, Narayana Murthy, Azim Prem ji and many more enjoyed the process of bringing the lady close to them. And they enjoyed even more the process of parting ways with the lady. Why? Because they did both on their own terms, not on the terms of the lady. They generated wealth in innovative ways which blended wealth generation with the enhancement of overall satisfaction and wellbeing. And when significant wealth had got generated they had magnanimity to set it aside for social wellbeing of the needy section of the society. These well-meaning people enjoyed both the process of wealth generation and wealth distribution. These are not the only examples. There are many others around you who are doing this in a smaller or bigger way. We choose not to notice them. Learn to enjoy the company of lady Lakshami on your own terms, for your own good and for the good of others. Don’t dance to the tune of the lady. This benevolent lady can build you, both internally and externally; this cruel lady can kill you both internally and externally by making you really mean from inside and outside. Be aware.

Don’t dance dead to the tune of lady Lakshami . Use it for your wellbeing and for the wellbeing of others. When Lakshami is serving only negative role in your life, have sanity to leave the chase.